Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Book Excerpt for the Day


    He smiled and knocked at the door.  Surprisingly quickly, the door opened.

    “Good afternoon,” Bedevere said.  “We’re looking for Atlantis.  Can you put us on the right road?”

    The woman who had answered the door looked as if she probably could, in a sense.  She struck Bedevere as the sort of woman who has a son called Oak and two daughters called Skychild and Mistletoe, and she was wearing rather a lot of that jewellery that nobody ever buys at craft fairs.

    “Sorry?” she said.

    “Atlantis,” Bedevere repeated.  “You know...”

 
    (from Grailblazers, by Tom Holt)

     8*/10.  The full review is here.
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